“Hey, it’s f*cking real. This really works, doesn’t it?”

 

“A good harvest for the first time in a while. Let’s see… wow, isn’t that a Griffin?”

 

“We’ll get more Griffins later. But what’s that thing with it?”

 

The noise definitely belonged to humans.

 

Rough, loud voices that were harsh to the ear. I didn’t feel good. The calm sensation in my heart faded away, and it began to beat fast.

“What… Wait, isn’t that a woman in the corner? A human woman?”

“A banshee, she must have transformed. Oh, but banshees bring bad luck… “

“That’s because someone dies when that b*tch cries, you idiot. You’re just pretending to be smart at the end of the day.”

 

Without any hesitation, the people who came into the cave chatted with excitement.

 

Two men and one woman. They were all very suspicious, armed with odd-shaped equipment, and as excited as hunters who discovered wonderful game, rather than being frightened by the sight of Popo and Griffin.

 

I had a feeling I knew what they were– Poachers.

 

I had heard of poachers, who illegally hunt and collect monster cores by purchasing relics in the black market. They seemed to have been led into the forest after detecting magic with the relic they had.

“Hey, that’s a shame. Banshees are supposed to be dirty old witches, but this one is a beauty…”

 

“Let’s get this over with. I saw earlier that there were paladins all over the place, and if we get caught, we’re really screwed.”

 

I didn’t move a muscle. I hardly breathed. Popo and Griffin were strangely still.

 

The man holding a light blue shining sword approached Popo as if he was amazed. Popo’s mouth was tightly closed, hiding its teeth.

 

“I don’t think they’re coming here. The legend said that a giant lizard cub was asleep here… but what the f*ck is this? Rabbit or raccoon? What was the name of this thing? It looks so stupid.”

“Hey, let’s get this one first. The monster is pretending to be a human being.” The flaming red-haired woman gestured toward me.

 

At that moment, a man who was scratching his stomach turned toward me, smacking his lips.

 

“Ku, ku, ku, ku…”

 

Griffin let out a sound of laughter. To be exact, it was more of a low, bizarre cry, but to my ears, it sounded like a laugh. And… Popo opened its mouth. Popo’s wide-open mouth enlarged throughout its huge body, revealing a space full of eerily beautiful sharp teeth and skeletons.

 

I didn’t make any noise until the end.

The sky seemed to be getting darker and darker, and the heavy rain began to pour. The sky-high trees didn’t help much either.

 

“Lord Izek.”

 

Someone put out a cigarette of leaves. Izek shook his head as a gesture of rejection and looked at Durahan’s corpse at his feet. It was the monster he’d caught a while ago. Only the remaining monster core and the severed head rolled around at his feet.

 

only leave behind

 

his view. Everyone

 

it’s a no-go here, too.” Ivan, who almost kicked

 

had been hearing

 

“You know what, Iz.”

 

turned his back because

 

They had been searching the forest area for

 

sense to search this place, where only monsters lurked, but Elendale’s efforts, including the City Guards, the Knights of Longinus and the

 

who were usually crazy about fighting were working together without making noise for a long

 

consider the hypothesis that the madman who kidnapped Rudbeckia, intentionally threw

 

a way, it was a

 

indeed been dragged into this area, by now… no one

 

“Iz.”

 

Izek stared

 

why he kept looking at it.

 

been three

 

“It’s been four days.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Four days.”

 

There was silence.

 

this. It was around dawn three days ago when he found

 

much later

 

had sent a message

 

is, no one knew until then that

 

It didn’t make sense.

 

her disappearance for nearly a day, who required servants for

 

Nevertheless, that had happened.

 

he blame? Who should he

 

the first place? She had been hanging

 

hadn’t returned home? The Duke who was in the manor all

 

evening after visiting Freya, and received no report until she went

 

Or himself?

 

with rainwater roughly with the back of

 

was the only

 

it was never her fault. His foolishness, him not knowing how Rudbeckia was being treated in his house when he was absent, came backstabbing like a sword. The majority of Omerta’s servants were

 

was close

 

harsh they could

 

birthday party was revealed, because the maid was forty years old, Ellenia covered

 

shouldn’t have done

 

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